Prolog[us] prim[us] venerabil[is] fratris Nicolai de Lyra ordinis seraphyci Francisci, in testament[um] vetus de co[m]me[n]datione sacre scripture in generali incipit.

Prolog[us] prim[us] venerabil[is] fratris Nicolai de Lyra ordinis seraphyci Francisci, in testament[um] vetus de co[m]me[n]datione sacre scripture in generali incipit.

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Uniform title:Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1485.
Imprint:[Nuremberg] : [Anton Koberger], [7 May 1485]
Description:4 volumes : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (folio)
Language:Latin
Subject:
Bible -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
Bible.
Commentaries.
Early works.
Incunabula -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- 1485.
Annotations (Provenance)
Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy forms part of the American Bible Union Collection.
Volume 1: University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: lacking leaves [1]-[3]; binding error: leaf [463] bound in reverse, head-line 'II' on recto, head-line 'Paralyp.' on verso.
Volume 3: University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: lacking leaves [35]-[36]; leaf [110] torn with some loss of text.
Volume 4: University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: lacking blank leaves [1], [385], and [386].
Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
Imperfect: v.1, fol. 1-2 wanting.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2781819
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Prologus primus venerabilis fratris Nicolai de Lyra ordinis seraphyci Francisci, in testamentum vetus de commendatione sacre scripture in generali incipit
Other uniform titles:Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. Postillae perpetuae.
Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. Contra perfidiam Judaeorum.
Guillaume, le Breton, approximately 1165-approximately 1226.
Pablo de Santa Maria, Bishop of Burgos, approximately 1351-1435.
Döring, Mathias, approximately 1400-1469.
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513,
Bible. Epistles of Paul. Latin. Vulgate. 1485.
Other authors / contributors:American Bible Union, former owner.
Provenance:Former owners' manuscript annotations; one hand in pen, one in orange crayon; manicules; some annotations partially trimmed at head and fore edges.
Volume 4: Bookplate: Library of the American Bible Union.
Volume 4: Inscription, leaf [384] verso in red ink: Ego sum q[ue] sum[et] [?] deus ei[us] [illegible] ame[n] [illegible].
Binding: Half-bound leather and marbled paper over boards; text block tightly trimmed at head with minimal loss] of text.
Notes:Title from incipit, [volume 1] leaf [2].
[Volume 2], leaf [1] incipit: Incipit prefatio Beati Hieronymi presbyteri in librum Esdre; commentary incipit: Incipit [pro]logus in libru[m] Esdre.
[Volume 3] incipit, leaf [1] incipit: Incipit prologus i[n] Esaiam prophetam; commentary incipit: Incipit prologus in Esaiam p[ro]phetam.
[Volume 4] incipit, leaf [2] incipit: Incipit Postilla su[per] Matheu[m] fratri Nicolai de Lyra Ordinis Fratrum Minoru[m].
[Volume 1], leaf [468] explicit: Explicit oratio Manasses regis Iuda; commentary explicit: Explicit oratio regis Manasses.
[Volume 2], leaf [370] explicit: Explicit liber Ecclesiasticus; commentary explicit: Postilla venerabilis fratris Nicolai de Lyra super Ecclesiasticum finit feliciter.
[Volume 3], leaf [348] explicit: Explicit s[acer]d[o]s liber Machabeorum; commentary explicit: Explicit Postilla Nicolai d'Lyra su[per] Vet[us] Testame[n]tu[m] cu[m] expositionib[us] britonis in prologos Hieronymi: [et] cu[m] additio[n]nibus Pauli ep[istol]iburgen et correctorus earu[m] de[m] additionum editis a Mathia Doringk Ordinis Mino[rum].
Explicit and colophon, [volume 4], leaf [378]: Exactum est Nuremberge insigie hoc: ac inusitatu[m] opus Biblie vna cu[m] Postillis venera[n]di viri Ordinis Minoru[m] Fratris Nicolai de Lyra: cu[m]q[ue] additionibus per venerabile[m] episcopum Paulum Burgensem editis: ac replicis magistri Mathie Dorinck eiusdem Ordinis Minoru[m] Fratris [et] theologi optimi: character v[er]o impressu[m] habes iucundissimo: impensisq[ue] Anthonij Kobergers prefate ciuitatis incolam, anno incarnate deitatis M.cccclxxxv Sabbato post Joha[n]nis ante Porta[m] Latina[m]: [et] i[n] hu[n]c fine[m] vsq[ue] p[ro]ductum. De quo honor inuictissime trinitati necno[n] intemerate virgini Marie I[es]hu [Christ]i gerule, Amen.
Signatures: [110 212 3-810 9-108 11-1410 156 168 17-2810 2912 30-3110 324 33-3810 39-406 41-4410 4512 46-4810 496] ; [1-510 68 710 88 9-2510 26-278 28-3710 388] ; [1-710 812 9-1210 1312 148 15-1610 178 182 19-2010 21-226 23-3010 31-328 33-3610 378] ; [1-1110 128 13-1610 178 186 19-2210 2312 2410 258 26-2910 3012 31-3710 388 396 408].
[Volume 1]: [468] leaves, leaf [1] and [468] blank; [volume 2]: [370] leaves, leaf [262] blank; [volume 3]: [348] leaves; [volume 4]: [386] leaves; leaves [1], [385], and [386] blank.
Printed in 2 columns; 73 lines; types 165 (head-lines and headings), 92(83) (text), 64a (commentary); spaces for capitals, with guide letters in the commentary; woodcut illustrations.
Rubricated; illuminated initials to begin text of each volume; alternating red and blue initials.
"The woodcuts are of those found in the 1481 edition of the Postillae of N. de Lyra (IC. 7206), recut and reduced to suit the smaller scale of the book"--Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum.
"Incipit libellus editus p[er] mag[istru]m Nicolau[m] de Lyra Ordinis Mino[rum] theologie p[ro]fessore: in q[uo] sunt pulcherrime q[uaesti]ones Iudaica[m] p[er]fidia[m] i[n] catholica fide improba[n]tes"--Volume 4, leaves [379]-[384].
Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ib00613000
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume 2, page 427 (IB. 7384)
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, entry 3166*
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, entry 2041
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, entry 4288
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry B-613
Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France, entry 2345
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, entry B-453
Summary:Biblical text is accompanied by the Postilla of Nicholas of Lyra, the expositions to the prologues by Guillelmus Britonis, the "additiones" of Paulus Burgensis, and the "replices" of Matthias Doering.

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